Xiaomi Mi 4 release date: Handset to be sold in the U.S.?

Xiaomi Mi 4 Xiaomi

It looks like the Xiaomi Mi 4 is coming to the United States. Apparently, the China-based company still has a lot up its sleeves involving the flagship, which is said to meet its successor, the long demanded Xiaomi Mi 5, on Nov. 24.

Released August last year, the Xiaomi smartphone curiously paid a recent visit to FCC in the U.S. Having passed the certification agency, the handset is expected to be offered in the region, thus making the device the first out of the company to be sold in the said market.

Xiaomi is yet to comment on the matter but there are already talks that the Xiaomi Mi 4 will see no alterations when it gets to the U.S. That being said, it should still sport a 5-inch full HD display, house a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and offer 3GB RAM with 16GB and 64GB for storage options.

It looks like the device's 13-MP rear-facing shooter and 8-MP front-facing camera are still intact but reports are at variance about the operating system to be integrated in it. GSM Arena expects that a newer version of Android will be on board (the device came with Android KitKat).

Phone Arena, on the other hand, has word that the Xiaomi Mi 4 will have Windows 10 running. The speculation was fuelled after a photo of the device with the Microsoft-developed OS was posted on Weibo by an alleged employee from the Redmond-based tech giant.

The photo was captioned (via Phone Arena) with "Thanksgiving Day is around the corner, so is the public release of Windows 10 for Mi 4." An exhaustive set of beta tests was apparently conducted for this feat.

If the Xiaomi Mi 4 is indeed on its way to the U.S., media outlets expect it to get there on Nov. 24. This is the same day the Xiaomi Mi 5, the Redmi Note 2Pro and the Mi Pad 2 are expected to be launched.

News
Sudan authorities use bureaucracy to stop church rebuilding and worship
Sudan authorities use bureaucracy to stop church rebuilding and worship

Authorities in Sudan are obstructing efforts by a church to rebuild and even to use their place of worship

Ramadan ‘offers a unique opportunity’ to share the Gospel, says missiologist
Ramadan ‘offers a unique opportunity’ to share the Gospel, says missiologist

Dr Emil Saleem Shehadeh has some sage advice for how Christians can engage with their Muslim neighbours and colleagues during Ramadan.

David Tudor hit with another lifetime ministry ban
David Tudor hit with another lifetime ministry ban

Having already been banned, the latest sanction merely reinforces an earlier decision.

Armenia’s Christian civilization is under existential threat - the UK must not stand idly by
Armenia’s Christian civilization is under existential threat - the UK must not stand idly by

The constellation of powers that produced the eradication of the Armenian Christian presence in Nagorno Karabakh now have their sights on the Republic of Armenia itself.